Show t poultry notes i H eca high producing flocks have slightly lower mortality than low producing locks flocks the meat income constitutes per cent of the total cash income in the light breeds and per cent in the heavy breeds 0 0 A shed closed on three sides makes a good summer house for pullets the fourth side elde should bo be provided with fine mesh wire to keep out rodents of all kinds 0 0 mortality seems to parallel egg production being lower in the fall ind and winter months and higher in the spring the grenter greater the ogg egg production per hen the greater the total ex expense penso feed cost and investment but the lower the feed cost per dozen eggs 0 0 0 A dinst wallow callow Is used by lions liens in summer for two to reasons re sons one Is to keep external parasites ili ID clicc n prid end the other to keep cool they enjoy a wallow of moist earth 0 A heavy laver Is like a heavy pro dicing cow com the fie lien needs a amount of f teed feed to tn maintain tier lier bod late boulting moul ting liens hens should be saved for breeders bleeders bre eders these are usually the lie late birds mark tile late laving hens with colored celluloid leg le bands when pullets do not begin laying laving be fore r february ebrun ry it may bo be the fault of being inte boit hatched ched or it may be due to feeding of the prop er bone and muscle foell |